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Ansible Role linuxfabrik.lfops.kibana

This role installs and configures Kibana, a visualization and exploration tool for data stored in Elasticsearch.

Note that this role does NOT let you specify a particular Kibana version. It simply installs the latest available Kibana version from the repos configured in the system. If you want or need to install a specific version, have a look at the linuxfabrik.lfops.repo_elasticsearch role, which also provides Kibana packages.

Mandatory Requirements

If you use the kibana playbook, the repository setup is automatically done for you.

Tags

kibana

  • Installs and configures Kibana.
  • Triggers: kibana.service restart.

kibana:configure

  • Deploys configuration files.
  • Triggers: kibana.service restart.

kibana:state

  • Manages the state of the Kibana service.
  • Triggers: none.

Pre-Installation Steps

Create a service account token for Kibana on an Elasticsearch node:

elastic_host='localhost'
elastic_cacert='/etc/elasticsearch/certs/http_ca.crt'

curl --cacert "$elastic_cacert" \
    --user "elastic:${ELASTIC_PASSWORD}" \
    --request POST "https://$elastic_host:9200/_security/service/elastic/kibana/credential/token/kibana-token-01?pretty=true" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json"

Mandatory Role Variables

kibana__elasticsearch_service_account_token

  • Service account token for Kibana to authenticate to Elasticsearch. See Post-Installation Steps for how to create this token.
  • Type: String.
  • Default: none

kibana__xpack_encrypted_saved_objects_encryption_key

  • Encryption key for encrypted saved objects (alerts, actions, connectors). Must be at least 32 characters. Generate with openssl rand -base64 32. Note: Use the same key across all Kibana instances when load-balancing.
  • Type: String.
  • Default: none

kibana__xpack_reporting_encryption_key

  • Encryption key for reporting features. Must be at least 32 characters. Generate with openssl rand -base64 32. Note: Use the same key across all Kibana instances when load-balancing.
  • Type: String.
  • Default: none

kibana__xpack_security_encryption_key

  • Encryption key for security features (session data, tokens). Must be at least 32 characters. Generate with openssl rand -base64 32. Note: Use the same key across all Kibana instances when load-balancing.
  • Type: String.
  • Default: none

Example:

# mandatory
kibana__elasticsearch_service_account_token: 'AAEAAWVsYXN0aWMva2liYW5hL3Rva2VuMTpabGQ...'
kibana__xpack_encrypted_saved_objects_encryption_key: '...'
kibana__xpack_reporting_encryption_key: '...'
kibana__xpack_security_encryption_key: '...'

Optional Role Variables

kibana__csp_strict

  • Enables strict Content Security Policy (CSP) mode for additional protection against XSS attacks. Set to false if you have compatibility issues with certain browsers or plugins.
  • Type: Bool.
  • Default: true

kibana__elasticsearch_ca_cert

  • ASCII-armored PEM CA certificate for TLS connections to Elasticsearch. Should match the CA used by Elasticsearch.
  • Type: String.
  • Default: unset

kibana__elasticsearch_hosts

  • List of URLs of the Elasticsearch instances to use for all queries. Supports multiple hosts for high availability.
  • Type: List.
  • Default: ['https://localhost:9200']

kibana__elasticsearch_ssl_verification_mode

  • Controls the verification of certificates presented by Elasticsearch. One of: full (performs hostname verification), certificate (skips hostname verification) or none (skips verification entirely).
  • Type: String.
  • Default: 'full'

kibana__server_host

  • Specifies the address to which the Kibana server will bind. IP addresses and host names are both valid values. To allow connections from remote users, set this parameter to a non-loopback address.
  • Type: String.
  • Default: '0.0.0.0'

kibana__server_name

  • A human-readable name for this Kibana instance.
  • Type: String.
  • Default: '{{ ansible_facts["nodename"] }}'

kibana__server_port

  • The port on which the Kibana server will listen.
  • Type: Number.
  • Default: 5601

kibana__server_public_base_url

  • The publicly available URL that end users will use to access Kibana. This is used for generating links in emails and other places.
  • Type: String.
  • Default: unset

kibana__server_security_response_headers_disable_embedding

  • Prevents embedding Kibana in iframes to mitigate clickjacking attacks. Set to false if you need to embed Kibana in other applications.
  • Type: Bool.
  • Default: true

kibana__server_ssl_certificate

  • Path to the PEM-format SSL certificate file for HTTPS connections from browsers to Kibana. Required when kibana__server_ssl_enabled: true is set. The role will set ownership to kibana:root and mode to 0644.
  • Type: String.
  • Default: unset

kibana__server_ssl_enabled

  • Enables SSL/TLS for incoming connections from browsers to the Kibana server. When enabled, kibana__server_ssl_certificate and kibana__server_ssl_key must be provided.
  • Type: Bool.
  • Default: false

kibana__server_ssl_key

  • Path to the PEM-format SSL private key file for HTTPS connections from browsers to Kibana. Required when kibana__server_ssl_enabled: true is set. The role will set ownership to kibana:kibana and mode to 0400 for security.
  • Type: String.
  • Default: unset

kibana__raw

  • Raw content which will be appended to the kibana.yml config file.
  • Type: String.
  • Default: unset

kibana__service_enabled

  • Enables or disables the kibana service, analogous to systemctl enable/disable --now.
  • Type: Bool.
  • Default: true

kibana__service_state

  • Controls the state of the kibana service, analogous to systemctl start/stop/restart/reload. Possible options:

    • started
    • stopped
    • restarted
    • reloaded

  • Type: String.

  • Default: 'started'

Example:

# optional
kibana__csp_strict: true
kibana__elasticsearch_ca_cert: '{{ lookup("ansible.builtin.file", "{{ inventory_dir }}/group_files/elasticsearch_cluster/etc/elasticsearch/certs/ca.crt") }}'
kibana__elasticsearch_hosts:
  - 'https://elasticsearch01.example.com:9200'
  - 'https://elasticsearch02.example.com:9200'
  - 'https://elasticsearch03.example.com:9200'
kibana__elasticsearch_ssl_verification_mode: 'full'
kibana__server_host: '0.0.0.0'
kibana__server_name: 'kibana-prod-01'
kibana__server_port: 5601
kibana__server_public_base_url: 'https://kibana.example.com'
kibana__server_security_response_headers_disable_embedding: true
kibana__server_ssl_certificate: '/etc/pki/tls/certs/kibana-server.crt'
kibana__server_ssl_enabled: true
kibana__server_ssl_key: '/etc/pki/tls/private/kibana-server.key'
kibana__raw: |-
  logging.root.level: debug
  xpack.fleet.agents.enabled: true
kibana__service_enabled: true
kibana__service_state: 'started'

License

The Unlicense

Author Information

Linuxfabrik GmbH, Zurich